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Showing posts with label arabs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arabs. Show all posts
Saturday, January 14, 2012

the meme has mutated

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Here are 3 different Arab/Muslim variants of the Sh*t [fill in the blank] Girls Say meme. I'm actually a little surprised that I could f...
Monday, December 26, 2011

habibi

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I finally finished Craig Thompson's Habibi and I'm basically left with mixed feelings. On the one hand, especially considering Thom...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

latin america's message to the arab world

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Al Jazeera: Latin America's message to the Arab world by Pepe Escobar Latin Americans should share their experiences with democratisati...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

spun and mixed by iraqis

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From the Hip-Hop Diplomacy blog: An Embrace of the U.S., Spun and Mixed by Iraqis gives a brief glance at how American culture, Islam and u...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

head of state - el general (hamada ben aoun)

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From Hip-Hop Diplomacy: The Rap That Sparked a Revolution: El General (Tunisia)
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Monday, February 07, 2011

egypt and race

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The Root has some interesting pieces on race relations in Egypt. First there is the blatantly-titled Egypt's Race Problem by Sunni M. K...
Monday, January 17, 2011

another "palestinian martin luther king"

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A Palestinian born in the Jabalia refugee camp of the Gaza Strip, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish overcame tremendous odds to earn his MD. As an OB...

muslims/arabs and the spirit of mlk

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From Al Ahram Online: Egypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields" provides a nice counter-narrat...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

qui-gon, islam and narnia

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In a recent interview Liam Neeson (who voices the voice of Aslan in the Narnia films and Qui-Gon Jinn in the Star Wars prequal films) has ...
Sunday, October 03, 2010

planet of the arabs

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Planet of the Arabs, was an official selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. It is a trailer-esque montage of Muslim/Arab stereotypes ...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

i am black as well

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Here is a brief documentary about Miriam Abu Khaleid, a teenage African-Arab teenager working with the Freedom Theatre and sharing her expe...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

the arab league of hip-hop

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Recently I've been mulling over the words at the top of my blog and I've been trying to develop a deeper, more fleshed out notion fo...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

1100 to 13?!?!?

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I've been reflecting a lot on the basic mathematics of the Israel/Palestine/Gaza situation. The Arab birthrates in Gaza are among the hi...
Monday, December 29, 2008

war-weary jews establish homeland between syria, lebanon, jordan, egypt

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The Onion Tuesday, November 9, 1948 ------- "In Israel, Our People Will Finally Have Safety and Peace," Says Ben-Gurion -------- J...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008

black iraqis in basra face discrimination

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I just heard this on the radio as I was on my way to work and had to share... Morning Edition, December 3, 2008 · The election of Barack Oba...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

planet grenada and islam and hip-hop

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Over at Goatmilk, Wajahat Ali recently posted an in depth piece entitled: Fear of a Muslim Planet:Hip-Hop’s Hidden History by Naeem Mohaiem...
Sunday, May 18, 2008

rap the casbah

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"Born Here" - DAM “Min Irhabi?” (“Who’s a Terrorist?”) - DAM In These Times: Rap the Casbah by Michelle Chen For more than a gene...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

dearabization of islam

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Over at Alt.Muslim, Fatemeh Fakhraie recently published an article The Arabization of Islam which cautions Muslims against simplistically e...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

the black knight

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I thought I should give a nod to Just Another Angry Black Muslim Woman? for her excellent gift of some Afro-Arab history with: The Black Kni...
Friday, December 14, 2007

catching up

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I've had the seeds of a lot of different posts rattling around in my head but I'm short on time so I think I'm "forced...
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